:random clicks:

Guardroom

Sat, 25 Jun 2011 15:41 -0400

about an hour or so drive from new delhi is the sleepy town of neemrana where on a hillside is situated the neemrana palace. built in 1464 and later abandoned the palace was restored in the 1980s and is one of the oldest heritage resort in india. the entire area lies on a majestic plateau, concealed in a horseshoe formation of the billion year old aravalli ranges. this guard room covered in beautiful bougainvillea at the entrance of the fort was a great subject.

male pied kingfisher

Sat, 18 Jun 2011 20:21 -0400

funny sometimes when you have too many things to shoot (with a camera, of course) you end up getting pictures that aren't so great, but when there is a dearth of subjects you concentrate on what you have and it turns out great. in this camp called seba in the okavango delta in botswana we didn't see much of anything but there was a little rickety bridge that held some gems like this male pied kingfisher.

semipalmated sandpiper

Wed, 01 Jun 2011 19:38 -0400

i was being shown around spring hill, florida by my sister-in-law and my brother when we came upon this little mudflat by the road that had a sandhill crane nesting in the reeds and half a dozen semipalmated sandpipers milling around on the flats. this one had been tagged a couple of times and seemed the most active of the group.there are always hazards to bird photography and this time it was yellow flies that kept biting incessantly to the point where we had to pack and leave!

long-billed curlew

Wed, 25 May 2011 20:47 -0400

a long-billed curlew cooling off in the hot afternoon sun. this pic was taken in santa cruz, california. not the sharpest of pictures but definitely a keeper.

willet

Fri, 20 May 2011 13:30 -0400

i haven't done serious bird photography in a while. so it was a welcome change to spend an early morning on the shore of honeymoon island close to tampa bay, florida taking pictures of shore birds like this willet (scientific name: tringa semipalmata).its also been a couple of months since i last posted a pic. i had just run out of new and old pics to post. i will try and post more regularly going forward!

collared pratincole

Fri, 25 Mar 2011 10:45 -0400

on a late morning game drive in botswana we noticed this collared pratincole and its little chick. when we first noticed this bird it was sitting still on the ground and we wondered why. a few minutes later a little head peaked out from under the mother's belly and gave us the answer. how this bird or its chick would evade predators is a complete mystery to me.

survivors

Sun, 20 Mar 2011 09:32 -0400

i can understand how large trees like evergreens survive through winter but even these little shrubs brave it through the extremes! life is just extraordinary.

footprints

Thu, 10 Mar 2011 16:56 -0400

i suspect these are footprints of a wild hare crossing a snowy field right after a heavy snow fall. While in idaho i did see a beautiful red fox that I unfortunately wasn't able to capture with my camera :(

snowed in

Wed, 02 Mar 2011 16:57 -0400

with two days of snow fall all the fire hydrants in the vicinity of the lodge we stayed at were completely covered in snow. sun valley we were told was the first destination winter resort in the US and was created to mimic the resorts in the Swiss Alps, such as St. Moritz and Davos.

buried

Sat, 26 Feb 2011 12:58 -0400

these three buses were parked in a nearby parking lot and with snow coming down hard and heavy they were partially buried. really not sure if they were operational or not but they looked in good shape. The two buses on the left seem to come with a complimentary broom, left lying there right next to the rear window!